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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2014
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Kwang Hyuk Bae, Seoul, KR;
Kyu Min Kyung, Seoul, KR;
Tae Chan Kim, Yongin-si, KR;
Shung Han Cho, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A method of operating a depth sensor includes generating a first photo gate signal and second through fourth photo gate signals respectively having 90-, 180- and 270-degree phase differences from the first photo gate signal, applying the first photo gate signal and the third photo gate signal to a first row of a pixel array and the second photo gate signal and the fourth photo gate signal to a second row adjacent to the first row in a first frame using a first clock signal, and applying the first photo gate signal and the third photo gate signal to a first column of the pixel array and the second photo gate signal and the fourth photo gate signal to a second column adjacent to the first column in a second frame using a second clock signal.